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Needles, CA--AZ Urban Area

8,172 Population
5.6 square miles 1,472.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,531 ±$3,697 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,175 ±$3,854 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.6% ±5.3% (2,091  ±504) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±4.8 (62,225  ±19,566) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,514 ±313 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (8,172  ±1,030) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.2% ±6.7% (143  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,573 ±286 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,000 ±$14,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±3.4% (634  ±279.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83% ±6.7% (5,182  ±690.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.3% ±3.1% (580  ±201.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±1.7% (212  ±139) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.4% ±4.4% (780  ±312) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
780 Total veterans ±312 695 Male ±274 85 Female ±85

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